FIVE JOKES
Saddam Hussein’s trial started today, and many Iraqis were glued to their TV sets. Mainly because years ago, Saddam had them glued to their TV sets.
-- CONAN O’BRIEN
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Saddam Hussein went on trial today. I had no idea he worked in the Bush White House.
-- JAY LENO
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Saddam’s lawyers are asking for a three-month delay in the trial. The judge [didn’t] want to grant it, because judges in Iraq only have a lifespan of two months.
LENO
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Saddam was accused of sending his army to the hometown of a would-be assassin and killing and torturing over 140 people, a shocking act known in the Iraqi legal system as a “Class B misdemeanor.”
-- JON STEWART
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Saddam’s trial is the TV event of the year. It’s like the Oscars, but with atrocities.
-- STEPHEN COLBERT
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